From Playing Field to Battlefield

From Playing Field to Battlefield
Author: Rob Newell
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

This collection of essays covers 50 professional and college athletes who served in the military during World War II. While the men's notoriety and accomplishments are as diverse as their personalities, they have one thing in common - their experiences in the military influenced the course of their lives.

Fields of Battle

Fields of Battle
Author: Brian Curtis
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1250059607

A riveting story of football, wartime, and boys becoming men—from facing off in the 1942 Rose Bowl to serving together in WWII. In the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the 1942 Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham, North Carolina, out of fear of Japanese attacks on the West Coast. Duke University faced off against underdog Oregon State College, with both teams preparing for a grueling fight on the football field while their thoughts drifted to the battlefields they would soon encounter. On New Year’s Day, the teams played one of the most unforgettable games in history. Shortly afterward, many of the players and coaches entered the military and would quickly become brothers on the battlefield. Scattered around the globe, the lives of Rose Bowl participants would intersect in surprising ways, as they served in Iwo Jima and Normandy, Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Bulge. In one powerful encounter, OSC’s Frank Parker saved the life of Duke’s Charles Haynes in Italy. And one OSC player, Jack Yoshihara, a Japanese-American, never had the chance to play in the game or serve his country, as he was sent to an internment camp in Idaho. In Fields of Battle, Brian Curtis sheds light on a little-known slice of American history with an intimate account of the teamwork, grit, and determination that took these men onto the gridiron and into combat.

Heritage Under Siege

Heritage Under Siege
Author: Joris Kila
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2012-06-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004215689

Drawing on the results of a multidisciplinary research a first comprehensive picture of cultural property protection involving the military is presented. Practical, legal and contemplative aspects are considered while presenting a fascinating new discipline in heritage related studies.

Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism

Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism
Author: J.A. Mangan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1317969596

The late Victorian and Edwardian officer class viewed hunting and big game hunting in particular, as a sound preparation for imperial warfare. For the imperial officer in the making, the ‘blooding’ hunting ritual was a visible ‘hallmark’ of stirling martial masculinity. Sir Henry Newbolt, the period poet of subaltern self-sacrifice, typically considered hunting as essential for the creation of a ‘masculine sporting spirit’ necessary for the consolidation and extension of the empire. Hunting was seen as a manifestation of Darwinian masculinity that maintained a pre-ordained hierarchical order of superordinate and subordinate breeds. Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism examines these ideas under the following five sections: martial imperialism: the self-sacrificial subaltern ‘blooding’ the middle class martial male the imperial officer, hunting and war martial masculinity proclaimed and consolidated martial masculinity adapted and adjusted. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

‘Manufactured’ Masculinity

‘Manufactured’ Masculinity
Author: J. A. Mangan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2014-01-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317984773

'Manufactured' Masculinity should be considered essential reading for scholars in the humanities and social sciences at every level and in all parts of the academic world. It weaves together brilliantly the elements of the 'manufacture' of masculinity in the period world-famous 'public' school system for the privileged which serviced the largest empire, the world has ever known, at the zenith of its control and which has had a significant influence in the formation of the modern world. This authoritative study of the making of British imperial masculinity shines light on the period of Muscular Christianity, Social Darwinism and Militarism as meshed ideological instruments of both power and persuasion. This magisterial study reveals the extraordinary and paramount influence of games fields as the 'machine tools' in an 'industrial process' with the schools as 'workshops' containing 'cultural conveyor-belts' for the production of robust, committed and confident servants of empire, and templates for imperial reproduction in imperial possessions. Mainly on efficient 'production belt' playing fields of the privileged minds were moulded, attitudes were constructed and bodies shaped - for imperial manhood. Earlier 'manliness' was metamorphosized, morality was redefined and militarism at the high point of imperial grandeur was an adjunct. Professor Mangan outlines this unique process of cultural conditioning with a unique range of evidence and analysis. This book was published as a special double issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Return to Nature

Return to Nature
Author: Jon Burras
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2011-02-04
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 145685867X